Grolier

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Grolier \Gro"lier`\, n.
     The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a
     French bibliophile, is commonly known; -- used in naming a
     certain style of binding, a design, etc.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     {Grolier binding}, a book binding decorated with a pattern
        imitated from those given covers of books bound for Jean
        Grolier, and bearing his name and motto.
  
     {Grolier design} or {Grolier school}, the pattern of
        interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls
        of slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the
        designs on Jean Grolier's book bindings.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]